List of Bird Sites Clicking on a highlighted Site Name will open a Site Description and clicking on its highlighted map reference will open a location map. A Google Map showing the location of all of the listed bird sites is also shown below.

Almería has a subtropical Semi-arid climate. It has hot summers and warm winters; it has one of the sunniest, warmest and driest climates in Europe. In fact Almería is home to the driest place in continental Europe, the Cabo de Gata, with only 117 millimetres (4.6 in) of rain per year.

The province enjoys about 3000 hours of sunshine annually with, on average, over 320 sunny days a year.

During the winter, daily maximum temperatures tend to stay around 18 °C. At night, the temperature rarely drops below 8 °C. Precipitation even during the wettest months is rare, this falls in short showers or thunderstorms.

During the warmest months - July and August, the sky is clear and sunny and no rainfall occurs. The typical daily temperatures are around 33 °C during the heat of the day. However, this is often influenced by the Levante wind, a hot dry easterly wind that blows from the interior desert that makes temperatures soar to 38 °C or higher. These can also carry dust or sand. The minimum temperatures stay around 24 °C during July and August. Heatwaves in Almería are quite common; Almería reached up to 43 °C in August 2011.

Natural Protected AreasDespite its arid climate Almería still has a significant number of protected natural areas as shown below:

The data for every sighting that is recorded, is linked to a 10x10km grid. The map below shows enough detail to allow members to determine in which grid they have sighted their birds. If more detail is required the Centro Nacional de Imformación Geográfica has produced maps of the provinces of Andalucia on a scale of 1:200,000, which also show the 10x10km grid. They can be purchased from most large bookstores.

Click on the map to obtain an enlarged view or if you prefer click here for a (downloadable) Pdf file